[rollei_list] Re: OT: Miscellany
- From: Peter J Nebergall <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:19:39 -0700
I think a lot of them were left behind in Saigon...
PJ Nebergall
On Sun, 9 Sep 2007 15:49:28 -0400 Allen Zak <azak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
>
> On Sep 9, 2007, at 12:21 AM, Marc James Small wrote:
>
> > a decrepit 50-year old M113 Amored Personnel Carrier which can
> barely
> > run is only a "tank" in the eyes of some idiot National Public
> Radio
> > reporter.
>
> When the M113 was adopted by the army in 1960, I was one of the
> early
> mechanics to work on them. The first version was powered by a
> gasoline
> engine, but by 1961 all subsequent models were diesel equipped. We
>
> used to get monthly maintenance updates illustrated by the great
> cartoonist, Will Eisner (The Spirit).
> To this day I remember vividly how important it was to change the
> fuel
> filter regularly, firmly fixed by the brilliant art work in the
> instructions. Decades later I met Eisner, now deceased, at a comic
>
> artist convention in Columbus, where I got the opportunity to thank
> him
> for the help ;-).
>
> I ended up my stint as an M113 commander, which meant that so long
> as
> nobody was shooting in our direction, my only job was to stick my
> head
> out of the open hatch on top and get a faceful of dust kicked up by
> an
> armored battalion on the move. Now they are obsolete relics.
>
> At a Veterans Day parade a few years ago, I was struck by how few
> weapons and equipment I had trained with are still in service. I
> think
> the 2 1/2 truck was just about it. There were items passing in
> review
> that I couldn't even guess what they are used for. Nor did I ask.
>
> Allen Zak
>
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